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The Resource Policing Stalin's socialism : repression and social order in the Soviet Union, 1924-1953, David R. Shearer

Policing Stalin's socialism : repression and social order in the Soviet Union, 1924-1953, David R. Shearer

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Summary
"This is one of the first books to emphasize the importance of social order repression by Stalin's Soviet regime in contrast to the traditional emphasis of historians on political repression. Based on extensive examination of new archival materials David R. Shearer finds that most repression during the Stalinist dictatorship of the 1930s was against marginal social groups such as petty criminals, deviant youth, sectarians, and the unemployed and unproductive." "It was because Soviet leaders regarded social disorder as more of a danger to the state than political opposition that they instituted a new form of class war to defend themselves against this perceived threat. Shearer details the workings of informant networks, police registration systems, and widespread police cleansing campaigns and surveillance systems used to monitor and control the population."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xiv, 507 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates)
Contents
  • Introduction: policing, social order, and repression under Stalin
  • A new kind of class war
  • Police and social disorder
  • A Soviet gendarmerie
  • Informants, surveillance, and prophylactic policing
  • Cataloging the population
  • The campaigns against marginals
  • Policing juveniles, policing debates
  • Passports, identity, and mass policing
  • "Once and for all time" : background to the Great Purges
  • The mechanics of mass purging
  • Outside the margins : the case of Kiril Korenev
  • The war and postwar trends
  • Conclusions: Repression, citizenship, and Stalin's socialism
Isbn
9780300149258
Instance
Label
Policing Stalin's socialism : repression and social order in the Soviet Union, 1924-1953
Title
Policing Stalin's socialism
Title remainder
repression and social order in the Soviet Union, 1924-1953
Statement of responsibility
David R. Shearer
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"This is one of the first books to emphasize the importance of social order repression by Stalin's Soviet regime in contrast to the traditional emphasis of historians on political repression. Based on extensive examination of new archival materials David R. Shearer finds that most repression during the Stalinist dictatorship of the 1930s was against marginal social groups such as petty criminals, deviant youth, sectarians, and the unemployed and unproductive." "It was because Soviet leaders regarded social disorder as more of a danger to the state than political opposition that they instituted a new form of class war to defend themselves against this perceived threat. Shearer details the workings of informant networks, police registration systems, and widespread police cleansing campaigns and surveillance systems used to monitor and control the population."--Jacket
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1952-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Shearer, David R.
Dewey number
363.20947/09041
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
HV8224
LC item number
.S3756 2009eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
The Yale-Hoover series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Stalin, Joseph
  • Police
  • Political persecution
  • Social control
  • Soviet Union
  • Political purges
  • Socialism
  • Soviet Union
  • Soviet Union
  • Stalin, Joseph
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • HISTORY
  • Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Police
  • Political persecution
  • Political purges
  • Politics and government
  • Social conditions
  • Social control
  • Socialism
  • Soviet Union
Label
Policing Stalin's socialism : repression and social order in the Soviet Union, 1924-1953, David R. Shearer
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Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: policing, social order, and repression under Stalin -- A new kind of class war -- Police and social disorder -- A Soviet gendarmerie -- Informants, surveillance, and prophylactic policing -- Cataloging the population -- The campaigns against marginals -- Policing juveniles, policing debates -- Passports, identity, and mass policing -- "Once and for all time" : background to the Great Purges -- The mechanics of mass purging -- Outside the margins : the case of Kiril Korenev -- The war and postwar trends -- Conclusions: Repression, citizenship, and Stalin's socialism
Control code
593325201
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xiv, 507 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780300149258
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
9786612353222
Other physical details
illustrations
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22573/ctt112p89
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)593325201
Label
Policing Stalin's socialism : repression and social order in the Soviet Union, 1924-1953, David R. Shearer
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: policing, social order, and repression under Stalin -- A new kind of class war -- Police and social disorder -- A Soviet gendarmerie -- Informants, surveillance, and prophylactic policing -- Cataloging the population -- The campaigns against marginals -- Policing juveniles, policing debates -- Passports, identity, and mass policing -- "Once and for all time" : background to the Great Purges -- The mechanics of mass purging -- Outside the margins : the case of Kiril Korenev -- The war and postwar trends -- Conclusions: Repression, citizenship, and Stalin's socialism
Control code
593325201
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xiv, 507 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780300149258
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
9786612353222
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctt112p89
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)593325201

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